Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5
The Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO D06, reached after 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5. It is a line of the Queen's Gambit Declined. White is to move. 3 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 10,408 times by this move order. White won 52%, 4% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 3. cxd5 (27% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.51 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 Qa5)
- ECO
- D06
- Moves
- 4 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 3,870 | |
| 1500-1999 | 5,566 | |
| 2000+ | 972 | |
| All | 10,408 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3. cxd5 | 2,813 (27%) | |
| 3. dxc5 | 2,248 (22%) | |
| 3. Nc3 | 2,069 (20%) | |
| 3. e3 | 1,655 (16%) | |
| 3. Nf3 | 1,360 (13%) | |
| 3. e4 | 76 (1%) | |
| 3. Bf4 | 75 (1%) | |
| 3. g3 | 38 (0%) |
Master games
977 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 48%, draw 21%, Black 31%). The strongest:
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2839) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2807) 1-0 · Esports World Cup 2025 · 2025-07-31
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2882) – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2764) 1/2-1/2 · Saint Louis Rapid 2019 · 2019-08-12
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2830) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2788) 1/2-1/2 · CCT Final Playoff 2023 · 2023-12-10
- GM So, W. (2778) – GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2808) 1-0 · GCT Blitz Paris 2018 · 2018-06-23
- GM Erigaisi Arjun (2776) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2807) 1-0 · Esports World Cup 2025 · 2025-08-01
Search all games of the Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- AnibalBarca7 (2692) – FM Brastrodamus (2675) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Finite_Incantatem777 (2706) – QuCaNi (2654) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- Your_Waterloo (2700) – WOW_PEDRO (2563) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Queen's Gambit 1. d4 d5 2. c4
Continuations
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Attack, Salvio Countergambit D06 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. dxc5 d4
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Gusev Countergambit D06 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Nf6
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense, with e3 D40 · 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3
More Queen's Gambit Declined lines (all)
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Slav D02
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Austrian Defense, Haberditz Variation D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Argentinian Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Pseudo-Chigorin D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen Attack D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Baltic Defense, Queen Attack Deferred D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Marshall Defense, Tan Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints Gambit D06
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense (2. c4 Nc6) D07
- Queen's Gambit Declined: Chigorin Defense (2… Nc6 3. Nc3) D07
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.